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*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jem.internal.java.instantiation;
/*
*/
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.*;
import org.eclipse.jem.java.JavaDataType;
/**
* The interface for the Instantiation handler. The actual implementation
* is in a separate project so that instantiation code will not be loaded
* unless it needs to be.
*/
public interface IInstantiationHandler {
/**
* Answers whether the adapter handles the datatype
* or whether the standard EFactory does.
*/
public boolean handlesDataType(JavaDataType type);
/**
* Answers whether the adapter handles the EClass or the
* standard EFactory does.
*/
public boolean handlesClass(EClass type);
/**
* If adapterHandlesInstance returns true, then
* this method will be called to create the instance.
*/
public EObject create(EClass javaClass);
}